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A fact from The Andy Griffith Show Theme appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to Ron Howard, his high school classmates teased him by whistling "The Andy Griffith Show Theme"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Andy Griffith Show Theme.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 04:45, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that "The Andy Griffith Show Theme", composed by Earle Hagen, has been called "a classic of musical Americana"? Source: (https://variety.com/2019/music/news/composer-earle-hagen-legacy-1203262101/)
- ALT1: ... that the whistling heard in "The Andy Griffith Show Theme" was by its composer, Earle Hagen? Source: (Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring by Jon Burlingame, pp. 213–214)
- ALT2: ... that high school classmates of Ron Howard teased him by whistling "The Andy Griffith Show Theme"? Source: (https://www.proquest.com/docview/305838435)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Koniszewski
- Comment: ~~QPQ coming tomorrow.~~ Done!

Created by CurryTime7-24 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Andy Griffith Show Theme; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ:
Overall: AGF on the source, I can't access it. I like ALT 2 best. Good ~~pending QPQ.~~ Acroterion (talk) 01:45, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Acroterion, CurryTime7-24, what's left to be done on this nomination? It appears that a QPQ has been done since the review; what else remains? BlueMoonset (talk) 22:42, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Nothing to my knowledge. The QPQ had not been done at the time I submitted this nom, but I've since completed it. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 23:22, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Tt was just the QPQ. Acroterion (talk) 23:29, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Acroterion, the QPQ appears to have been done. Can you please check it and complete the review? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:48, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]